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:ed  states  department  of- agriculture 

Bureau  of  Agricultural  Economics. 


DIVISION  OF  FARM  POPULATION  AND  RURAL  LIFE. 

An  Outline  of  Its  £s-.ablisbjr.ent.  Staff, 

Cooperative  Policy,  Research  Problems, 

Publications. 


An  "  Statement  to  Persons  Interested  in  Rural  Life 

Problems. 


-hington.D.C. 
June    1,    19 2U. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

C.  J.  Galpin,  :■ 


-core  t  ion. 


of  this  ;  is  to  anc     "  ,    first   of  all,' 

tiont  •  arise  about. the  Division  of  Jarm  Population 

ar.i  its  field  of  OJ             -ns.      A   second  ai-.  -  and  by 

no  means  an  i  jne   -   is  tp  arouse  .interest   in   scientific 

I  bure  and  the   fane  population, 

(es  ,    the  group  aspects  or  family  pooling!  of  ex- 

per.  as  an  indispensable  aid  to  notional 

Est ablishtnent   cf   tri   Division. 

In  a  very  real  ser  Division  of  Fr  't'icn  and  Rural 

:"e   is  a   fulfillment,    belated   in  point  of   tire,    of   President 

or  a  "ederal  Government  unit   studying  the  needs 
of  country  life, 

Divisic  "     's  established  under  the  authority  o.  Honor- 

abl     ...  r,   Secretary  cf  Agriculture,   May  12,   19^9i  UP0T1  the 

committee  of  tirenty- eight,   rural  socio  -Ts 

and  students  of  bed  by  Secretary  Houston,     This  cc    - 

ay  1,   2,   5,   1919,  upon  request  of  the  S 
sultare,    to  outline   the   work   to   DC  .en  by  the  Divi- 

sion, rship  of  G.I.Christie,   who,   at  that  ti 

culture,  anc.  under  the  Che  irmsnship  of 

ty,   who  had.  been  in  charge  of 
•:ct    ir.  apartment,      a    report  '  le 

Agriculture   which  ^as   subsequently  printed  as 
;,  Office  of  b he  £  cretary, 

3 


Charles  JoSJ  I  :-s  appointed  Economist   in  Charge  of 

12,   193   ,   and  Li  still   I  1         r^e:  radual     •  rvard 

of  Agricultural  Economies   in  the 
encin  from  1512  tc    -  rural 

life  courses. 


-   2  - 

Wr  .    NftBo:..  nomist,    t]  I  ne 

Division  of  itnrnl  Organi'.    I  of  the  Bureau  of  Markets  to  t 

Division  in   V$V$.     A  graduate   of  the  University  of  Minnesota. 

V    La  B.Larson,   Junior  Economist,   appointed  July  1,    1921: 
A  graduate  of    tl  .  sconsin. 

oat.  rick.   Assistant  Agricultural  Economist,    appointed 
October  2,   1922:     A  p:         be  of  Corn  liveroity. 

The  Clerical   staff   includes  Mildred  P..    Hil<     .        ad  Clerk, 
transferred  July  1,    .  '.orson,   appointed  ^-.pril  25, 

1922;   Helen  A.    Pobinson,    transferred  Dec.    lo,    1922;   Constance      . 

,    transferred  Ui.y  1,    192'  ;        Da  If.    Downey,   appointed  June  2, 
1921. 

porary  cl  re  employed  from  time   to   time  to  assist 

in  tabulation  of  statistical  data. 

Housing  of   the   Pi  virion. 

The  Division  occupies  rcoms  number  713,    7lU,    71^  seventh 
floor  of  the   building. at  I3SC  B.    St..    3.    .,   and  tabulating  rooms 
numtcr  239  and  2U6,    "T"   Building,      th  and  5.    Sts.  ,      .'■'■'.      Visiters 
int'  La  any  phase  of  country  life  are  cordially  welcome  from 

9.00  a.m.    to  U.30  p.ja,      The   Di  -ision   is  at  service  of   such 

111  assist  thor.   in  .•■  Lning  information  which  is  avail- 
able  in    lashir 

Division  Budget. 

The    Divirion  has  a  ta  ,000  for  the   fiscal  year  I92U. 

as  provided  for  I92U  -    1925.    It   requires  for  the   cxpe. 
of   the   7?a:  n  office  and   staff  out   of   this  amount   t  in  of  about 

$20,000.      Th<  tat  at  present   I  1 10,000  to  bilited 

lv    in  cooperative   projeol  th  other  research  p mercies.      Very 

lit*.  rease    in  cxp-.  .ould  be   r  Lniitei 

coopt  projects  an  additional  $50,000. 


.       ..D  UTrfT.R   RESKAP.. 

re 

It    is  at   present  the   policy  of    the  Division  to  cooperation 

projects  th  other  respoi. 

research  :.  s,   as  a  means  of  accuraulat ing  a  "body  of  scientific 

knowl.  roclems  of  farni  population  nnd   rural   life;    rather 

than  to  carry  on  researches   indep.  ly  with  a  highly  organized 

It  located  in  Washington,   or  maintained  at  field  stations 
in   I  rious  states. 

Cooperative  >or,cies. 

r     :er  number  of  research  agencies  available   for  cooperation 
with  this  Division  is  that   of  colleges  of  agriculture.      There  are  car 
where  state  universities  and  colleges  other  than    state  colleges  can 

lertake  with  the  Division  relations  of  cooperative   research. 
The  college  of  agriculture   in  any  State  will  have  the  first  chance;    if   it 

-t   desire   tc   cooperate  the  Division,   then  other  research  agencies 

will  Lave  the   opportunity.      It   should  "be   said,    however,    that  it   is  in- 
advisable for  other  agencies   in  a   state  to  undertake   formal  research  in 

B  with  the   Jivision,    in  conflict  with  the  judgment  of  the   State 
college  of  b  pricultore. 

Procedure. 

1.   A  written  a.  r         nt  between  the  Pureau  of  Agricultural  Economic  z 
and  t]      "    :oerating  agency  -   such  as  the  State  College  of  Agriculture, 
University,   or  Institute  of  Research  -  signed  by  both  the  Chief  of  the 

Lad  itratiwe   head  of  the  other  agency,    is  the   first 
step  in  cooperation.      The   terms  of  this  agreement  are  usually 
t    :      some    Informal  discussion  and  agreement  of  the  Division 
head  and  the    rural      -  "   rtment  head  of  the  cooperating  agency. 

.    The   first   important   ite-  of  the  cooperative  agreement   is  the 
particular  problem  to   study.     A  problem  is  usually  selected  which  lias 
value  in  the   State  and  at   the   same  time    fits  into  a  scheme  of  national 
problems  possessing  possibilities  of  re  1  comparison.      The   state   is 

favored  so   far  as  possible   in  the   selection  of  a  problem. 

3.    Financing  a  project  of  researc      bai   several  angles.      It   is 
expec:  on  will  pay  half  the  cost  of  a   ii 

oerating  agency  half.      The   Division  tries   to  make   the   sum  of   \l^. 
pay  fe.  50-50  share  of  a  small  one- year  study;   and  $750-    pay  for 

are  of  a  large  one—        r   study.      In  other  words,    thj  I  many 

■nail  studies  which  can  be  made  for  $300;   many  ]  studies  for 

$1500.     Occasionally  a  study  will  two  years,   and  two  appropriations 

nay  is  used  for  salaries  of  field  -ors,    for 

their  travel  expenses  And   ■  jnce  and  for  necessary  0 

tance,  and  c  .  miscellaneous  service. 


-  Il- 
ly |  I*   ft    I  id  provided 
ga  or  otter  coorx  ratinr  agency,    not  ty  the  Division,      Graduate 
,    youn^  ix»ot  rue  tore,    or  (/                            state   specially  qualified  - 
:.ool   tt            n  doir.                    La   for  a  college   d-  -  usually 

•d  upon   r 
:  culture  and  becorr.e    for  -ng 

•   the  money  furnished  "by  the 
*-o  pay  the   salary  of  4  ,    sometimes,    to  pay  his  ere 

I   both;    while   the  cooperating  agency  n   the   first    instant 

B  the   second,    salary;    in  the   third,    both  salary  and  ses 

of  at. 

5.  Ci  "  I  . "ion  of   field  work  belongs  as  a  function  to  the 
leader  of  I          reject  in  the  cooperating  agency.     Counsel,   coachln 

ndard  methods,    sc:  ...    zorc    supplies  and   the    postal   franking  privi- 

aed  ty  the   Division. 

6.  Statistics   fathered  are   frequently  tabulated  by  the  Division. 
This   is  a  matter  of  mutual  agreement. 

7.  Publication  of  results  of   the  cooperative    study  may  t) 
or  joint   as  a  'ost  frequently  the   colle^   or  other  coopera: 

■  :nts    in  bulletin   form.      So~  the  Division  rrints. 

co-  r  other  a&  ncy  prints,    the  Di  is  usvally  I  from 

300  to  2,000  copies  o*"  the  bulletin  'or  national  districuticn.  Publications 
of  the  Division  or  of  the  cooperating  agency  will  bo  furnished  to  applicants 
as  long  as  the   free  editions  arc  not  exhausted. 


"jISS. 


Studies   which  Have   Been  Completed  by   the   Division   Stn: 

"ublicatj-    . 

I. 
Published  by  the  '  "tment  of  Agriculture   or  in 

1.  From  about    1,000  fa 
in  on:   communi*.             -  a  period  cf   100  years.      By  Sail         ,   Ed 

Department  of  Agriculture   Bulletin  No.    9. 

2.  ?URAL  COM  lUDim  .  '      m. 
Plans  of               Community  Build  Ballet 

nation  of  "    Community  Bl  ^"r1   Bulletin  To.    1192. 

i  Community  Buildings.      ^armors'    Bulletin  No. 

CNac 
,cinl  -,r   Bull  l^- 

on  Placeo:   Fannera1  Bulletin  No.    IjSS. 

u  Planning:    Fanners'   i<ulletin.      In  prosper 


-    - 

POFUL.-.  •  ;s,    (via,  County, 

=  ;    Dene  Counl    ,  bounty,   North  Carolin.  :  ->unty, 

Washington]    "ire  County,    HbTth  Dakota;   Otsegp  Oou  York;    Scott 

Count  -ssouri)    JB       3         .    ..      .     '        COITION  AND 

r.J.Galpir.  and  "edr.  P.Larson. 
a;  art  of  a  i'.onorraph  on  Farn  Population  ly  the   Bureau 
of  t:-. 

.     -  .D  COST  0:  LIES.      3yZ.L.K.  rick  and 

fl.    Atirater.      The  U.  3.  Be  oar  truant  of  Agriculture,   Derxirtinent  Bullet  i.i 

.  in-. 

Cost   of  Livin  .-.   in  Several  Areas  of  Kentucky,    Tcnncss*. 

I  Texas.      A  Preliminary  Feport. 

Cost  cf   U  Hemes,   Lason  County,   Kentucky-.     A  Preliminary  Report. 

st  of  Living  in  Farm  Homes   in  Several  Areas  of   Iowa.      A  Preliminary  Feport. 

6.  AHTASES  0?  7.."      •  ;  E.     By  Emily  Bbag  Saw  telle. 

by   interviews  and  correspondence   r?ith  8,000  fnrrr.  woman* 

(A  Digest  of  an  Unpublished  Manuscript). 

7.  -  BPEACHEBS  HVIHS  COURSES  tB  EKJEAX  SOCIOLOGY  AND  BUBAL  LIFI. 

1.  January  1,    1922. 

2.  May  1,   1^23. 

October  1,    192-.(in  prospect) 

II. 

'  5 tu dies  Pub?  i she d  by  Universities. 

U     _-  SOCIAL  STUDI   Cf  ...  ,.    By  Walter  H.Baumgartel. 

7:  1  agricultural  .  Station,  University  of  .Montana,   Bull.   7o.    loO. 

2.     TH  "   IN  A   I  [OS  CF  DIVERSITIES  Fi 

Patrick.     Cornell  University,  Agricultural  Ei  nt  Station, 

Bull.    Wc~. 

.. 

Stvdi'-s  "bier.  Hay.  j   ty  Ir/  --itorr,  of  Certain  Co^le^es  ?• 

-  j:>    -r-    -oc  x- ration    ..'if-,  the    Zivision  of  Farm  Population  and  Pural 
^:I\~cs   or  Universities. 

.■••..    adisman. 
It    Virtr:    I  ,  .-..■-    tion,    Bull.    1"'. 

7-  .^hborhoods.    Ey  J.H.Xolb. 

•        f  f-'isc  .rxeriment  Station,  arch  Ball.    rjl. 


-  >  -  - 

f  of  Rcbraak.  .  iral  Experiment   Station.    Ball.    ISO. 

U. 

The  University  of  lural  Ex;    I  Station.    Bull.    185. 

5-  :tuiy  of  Primary  Groups  in  Walre  County,    N.    . 

orman  and  Carl  .or. 

No:  ate  Colloge  of  Agriculture  Arri- 

cultui  .  U5. 

6.      5  :B  COUNTRY  B  [PS.      By  August  3. 

Diversity  of  Louisiana.    Research  Bulletin.    Unnumbered. 

?.     BD1  ....  B.C.Branson. 

Carolina.  ision  Bull.    Vol.    II.    Mo.    6. 

A  Conparison  of  Some  Living  Conditions  of  0- 
Part  Owr  *    .      3y  J.0.:  versity  of  NebrasV.; 

...ient  Station  Bull.    191. 

9.  ST.      By  C.      .      ocicn. 
.ix  College,   J             's.    Rural   Sc  .    i. 

10.  THREE  NEGRO  CC  '   III  T]  By  ..lien  3.Doggett,    Jr. 

The  Hampton  Normal  and  Industrial   Institute,   Th  pton  Bull.    Vol.    XIX,  Bo.  U. 

11.  HEBBj  .  Soaic  Connonitj  Phases.    By  J.    .      nkin. 

rsity  of  Be  bra  ska,    The  Agricultural  Ex;    :        at  Station,    Bull,    196. 

OISBQO  000HTT  (H»w  Toik).      3y  t    Sanderson  and 

War-  .Thompson.   Cornell  Dai  Ten  The  Agricultural  Sxperi    ■...:   Station, 

Bull.    U22. 

13.   SERv:  .    ;ions  c  .0. 

The  Oni  leontin.  xperiment   Station,   Re  sea: 

Bull.    38. 

5U1  CC  "3. 

on  a  Survey  of   1.OC0  Forth  Carolina  Farmers   ir.  -.1 

Counties  of  the  State.  or  and  .ttee  ;-• 

*ate  Board  or 

15.    2XAMF:  Auguetus  W.Kayes. 

The  To!  lty  of  Louisiana,   Per  Bull.    .-. 

PAL  LIJl  AND  Fi 

■       ■  •  :  ■  ...■:....         "en. 

be  College  of  Agricult-  ,  ricultural 

t  Station  Bull.    Bo.    217. 


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c. 

?»r  "  -n  «-   Issued  as  .  j  -      .is. 

i.  .      . 

. 

Count- 
-.     -  anity  Life. 

tion. 
:..;  It   Is  and  Hot:  It   Functions. 
7-  Lrt. 

and  Urban  Life    ir.  America. 

.   Institution?-7 

. 

.  lies   in_  .'repress  by  the   Division  St; 

3: 
I*6''  .g  on  Farme.      (An  endeavor  to  attain  units  of 

Lfic  character)     By  1. 1.  Xirkpa  trick. 

2.  ;   ::.s. 

of  vihi for   ^he  farmer's  health).    By  Wayne  C.  "Jason. 

;.  )HEASIGH  TO  AMD  EBON  Ral  IS.    (An  attempt  to  chart 

th  ts  and  render  annually  the   service  of  a  report)   By  Veda  B.Larson. 

S. 

i  cr    m  F  r ' --:  r3  s  s  2y  Investigators   Furnished  by  Collefes> 
~ies    in  Cooperation  'i.'ith  The    jivirion  of  Farm 
.oral   1::  -  . 

...-.  1   :::;7I.:  THE   5CASE  (or   in   selected  counties 

of  a  state;  t  hod,    constrictive    in  character,    of  erecting   standards 

Of  3. 

:3  -  Lie    L.  I  hittah   r  rtnern  Ill.Staf.   leaeher*1   Coll. 

Her,   Jr.  State  Co  Mure, 

Texa     -  .    .  ,tt  State  College  of  Agrieu.lt 

rfinia  -  lson  Gee  University  of  Vir 

r.  -  .  Yoder  State  College  of  Agricultxu 

3. 
(An  a1  rstand  tte  reasons  for  and  el  iral  ni^ratio: 

jrr  College  of 

..  r  State  College  of  Agric  *e. 


»  OF  '  BOOPS. 

of   this  group  ae  a  social  urit). 

UU  -  Eton  :'.ur.ford  State  Co:  Lculture. 

U.    .  ABO  0?  Id    .      . 

(A  uniform  set  of   studios  of  statistical  charac    -   r   lated  to  cost). 

Ala  bar-                                  rtle  Proofs  Alabar^.  College, 

Co:                   -              I.   G.   Davis  State  College  of  Agriculture. 

lev-    -                              George   Von  Tungeln  State  College  of  Agriculture. 

i  .  .:    -  -  State  College  of  .             Iture. 

-'..v  -                                 .? noils  State  Collect-  of  .-..riculture. 

.  -                                 3~ran  -  tc   College  of  Agriculture. 

Ohio  -                              Bruce  Chio  iCi  "Jniversity. 

ks  -                     J.  0.  Rankin  State  Col  of  Agriculture. 

l  York  -                      D\  .                     i  on                      State  College  of  Agriculture. 

5.  MIC  RELATIONS  OF  THE  COOKERY  TO".         I       ITS  SV.  -  FARM 
POPULATION.    (Detailed  studies  of  particular  tov.-ns). 

Jta  -  C.E.  Hoffer  State  College  of  Agriculture. 

s  York  -  Bruce  kfelrin  state  College  of  Agriculture, 

■ :  -  c^~  rth  Ohio  St-. 

Ltconela  -  J.H.Kolb  State  College   of  Agriculture. 

6.  FARM  HO0E  ;S. 
(Particularly  a  study  of  farm  tenant  conditions). 

_  •  "  State  Collegi  of  agriculture. 

Vir.  una  -  (Allen  B.Doggett,    Jr.  -.  itute. 

(J. B. Fierce  Virginia  Ssgro  intension  Service. 

ITIES. 
(A   study  of  prevailinr   types  of  Arr.ericar   local  rural  gcveraracr.*. 

-  eodore   3. Manny  Hendrix  College,   Arkansas. 

•        TO  TYFICAL  REGIONS. 
'  *dy  of  sc  cono-nic  adj.  t tiers). 

Colorado  -  State  College  of  Agriculture. 

100  BEST  NEGRO  FARMERS  DJ  TBBB& 

(An  St1  to   bring  bir  of  the    r  Tul   to  bear  on   life). 

Qpias  Caruthcrs  .  nk  Uniwrcit 


-  ?  - 

10.  THE  UTAH  TYPE  OF  AQHICvJIffUfcAIi  VILLAGE. 

(A  social  photograph  of  a   single   village   community). 

Utah  -  Lowry  Nelson  in  Young  Univi  rsity. 

11.  RURAL  ORGANIZATION  IN. THE  UNITED  STATES. 

(A  study  In   social  psychology   from  documents  of  fam.  organizations;. 

rth  Carolina  -  C.C.Taylor  State  College  of  Agriculture. 

12.  ATTITUIES  r-  3  TQIfBD  COOPERATIVE  MARKETING. 

(A  study  of   the  psychology  of  farmers). 

■:•-    -  J.  3. Zi.r.T.erman  State  College  of  Agriculture. 

13.    rot  ami    :      .  -iiASE. 

statistical  analysis  of  the  population  of  150  villages,   based  on  : 
1°20  U.S. Census  Population  schedules). 

Hew  York  -  Imund  deS.Brunner  Institute  of  Social  and  Religious 

Research. 

A  Rural  Research  Ideal  For  Each  State. 


Knowing  the   farm  population  of  a  state   in  detail,   as  the  animal 
husbandry  department  of  a  state  college  knorrs  the  cattle  of  a   state, 
is  Ideal  none  too  high  for  those   responsible   for  the    social   problems 

of  the   farm  population.      Such  an  ideal  means   study,    research,    investigation. 
It  means  acquaintance  with  the  group  life  of  farmers,   with  their  institutions, 

nes,    standards,    facilities.     And  such  acquaintance   is  not  yet   in  bcokc. 
It  must  be  ferreted  out.     And  there  are  ways  of  doing  this. 

A  State  Program  of  Rural   Social  Rerearch. 

1.  The  rural   sociologist  and  the  farm  economist  are  close  partners 

In  farm  problems.      Each  can  utilize  at  some  point   the  findings  of  the  other. 
Roth  of  these    should  first  of  all  know  the  best  things  rural   in  the   state. 
This  can  be  an  elementary  first   project   of   social   research.      Several   sta" 
are  now  making  this  type  of  study. 

2.  The  farm  population  of  a   state,    by  counties,    should  be  known 
and  kept  revised  year  by  year,    tabulated  broadly  by  race,   color,    sex,   a 
groups,    tenure,    lator  status.      Sources  for  a  beginning  are  nor:  provi: 
by  the  U.S. Census  Bureau  report  of   1920  on  Farm  Population. 

3.  The  movements  of  pc  :on  to  and  from  the   farms  of   the   stare  may 
very  Trell  be  made  a  major  subject  of   investigation. 

•    The  fanner's  st  I  of   living,    its  cost,    the  distribution  of 

e*P  l  among  the  various  wants  of  his  family  are  also  major  probl' 

Trhich  go  along  with  the  economic   studies  of   income  and  profit-making. 


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stitutions  ic  well  vol 

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tor.ti^n  of  Directors  of  Agricultural  Is  -itions   is 

r.      It  is  a  matter  of  surpric-  ood  a 

College  raor  y,   -  a  I  vhich  when  c- 

-tate  rill  help  of.    r      -ricu.ltural  and  economic  problems. 
Is  ut  eff  bee-inr.in--   s:uiies  of   tho    farm  family 

expend!  t~  •  of  t       ma]         oed  cr  inadequate  groupings  of  farm 

n  collective  crpc-naiturcs  and  collective  well-being,   - 
to   put    '.  off  "u:  production  and  .rarketing  studies 

hav'  ..  made  which  :  not  do  t  "iculture 

of  you-  :vice    to  keep   some   study  of  POPULATION  A2JD 

Ls£  all  you  arc    troubled  t  :ms  of  farm 

actio:  and  animal  pathology?     The  Division  of 

1  Life  welcomes  an  inquiry  from  you  about   the   small 
cost  of   initial   studi 


